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CompShop

REMOTE · WWW.COMP-SHOP.COM · SCANNED AUG 3

Search 350+ compensation surveys by industry, region, or job title. Independent directory.

+4 this week 66 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (6 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score →

Endpoint Security63
Transport & Reachability100
Schema Quality & AI Usability77
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 771 tokens (~110/item across 7 items; 7 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management27
  • Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Capabilities20
  • Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2024-11-05; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Install

Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.

remote · www.comp-shop.com

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http mkibrick-compshop https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mkibrick-compshop]
url = "https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "mkibrick-compshop": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add mkibrick-compshop --url https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  mkibrick-compshop:
    url: "https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp"
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mkibrick-compshop": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 3 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 1 Aug 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 31 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 26 +1
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 28 Jul 26 +1

    No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

  • 27 Jul 26 +1
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 26 Jul 26 61

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 3 Aug 2026 · Probed https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=www.comp-shop.com CN=YR1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US 24 Jun 2026 22 Sept 2026 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 5ff5a5733319c8df2f6062966df60995adf
SANs: www.comp-shop.com
CN=YR1,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US 3 Sept 2025 2 Sept 2028 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA a20253f15f2691c05dc1ce13b9bcca4e
CN=Root YR,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US 13 May 2026 2 Sept 2032 RSA 4096 SHA256-RSA f24b6d17f9d9ad7cb1c9fea78782699f
DNSSEC insecure

Validation of www.comp-shop.com. Not signed

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
com. present 19718 13 Verified
comp-shop.com. absent Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation
Authentication No authorisation required

The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.

Result No authorisation required
HTTP status 200
Header Value
strict-transport-security max-age=63072000
Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp Verified 200
http (plaintext) http://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp HTTPS enforced 308 https://www.comp-shop.com/api/mcp
MCP tools — 7 exposed · ~708 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability.

Tool Tokens
find_surveys_for_position ~150

Find compensation surveys that benchmark a specific job title or position (e.g. 'Software Engineer', 'CPA', 'Sr Acct', 'head of finance'). Combines literal title matching with embedding-based semantic similarity, so abbreviations and paraphrases work — 'CPA' returns 'Certified Public Accountant', 'Sr Acct' returns 'Senior Accountant'. Reports per position are ranked to surface broad-coverage surveys (general-industry, US scope) before niche cuts.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitintegerMax position matches to return (default 5, max 20)
positionstringyesJob title or position to look up (free text). Abbreviations and paraphrases are fine.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_report ~38

Detailed info on a single survey report by slug.

NameTypeReqDescription
slugstringyesReport slug (e.g. 'pas-aggregates-industry').

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

get_vendor ~68

Detailed info on a specific vendor by slug, including all of their reports. Use after `search` or `list_vendors_by_industry` returns a candidate.

NameTypeReqDescription
slugstringyesVendor slug (e.g. 'mercer-benchmark-database', 'pas', 'wtw').

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_vendors_by_industry ~87

List every CompShop vendor that publishes surveys for a given industry. Use when the user asks 'what survey publishers cover [industry]?'

NameTypeReqDescription
industrystringyesIndustry category. One of: general-industry, healthcare, life-sciences, tech, media, financial-services, insurance, energy, construction, retail, higher-ed, legal, nonprofit, executive, free.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

list_vendors_by_region ~79

List vendors with survey coverage in a given region. Use when the user asks 'what publishers cover [region]?' Region is matched against both vendor-level scope and individual report scopes.

NameTypeReqDescription
regionstringyesOne of: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Global.

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

recommend_surveys ~195

Recommend the best-fit compensation surveys given a hiring/benchmarking context. Use when the user asks 'what survey should I use for [situation]?' Returns ranked vendors with rationale. Required: industry. Optional: region, role focus.

NameTypeReqDescription
industrystringyesPrimary industry. One of: general-industry, healthcare, life-sciences, tech, media, financial-services, insurance, energy, construction, retail, higher-ed, legal, nonprofit, executive, free.
limitintegerMax recommendations (default 5, max 10)
regionstringOptional. One of: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, Global.
role_focusstringOptional free-text describing the role types being benchmarked (e.g. 'software engineers', 'physicians', 'sales reps', 'CEO and C-suite').

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.

search ~91

Free-text search across the CompShop directory of compensation surveys. Returns matching vendors, reports, job families, and positions. Use for open-ended discovery questions like 'biotech surveys in Europe' or 'CEO compensation data'.

NameTypeReqDescription
limitintegerMax results per group (default 5, max 15)
querystringyesFree-text query (job title, industry, vendor, geography, etc.)

No output schema declared.

No examples provided.